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Steve Stern’s Two people hook up in a bar. They go back to one or the other’s apartment and fall into bed. In the morning, having experienced the most intense act of physical intimacy known to mortals, they wake up to realize that they are still complete strangers. Write a dialogue detailing their efforts (successful or not) to make some human connection. 🎯 Creative Writing Responses
Black Satin Sheets
by Lorraine Caramanna
untitled
by Ruth Ann Dandrea
The Pig Farmer in the city
by Linda Freedland
Etc.
by Paul Lamar
The adventures of corona & virus
by Mary Perrin Scott
book lust
by Terry Rainey
Baylee Annis’s Write a letter to someone or something nearby about the first time you met. You could write to your neighbor, to the house you live in, to your favorite bank teller, the path where you walk your dog, to the North Country region, or any other person/place you have affection for. 🏡 Creative Writing Responses
Destined to be
by Lorraine Caramanna
To My Granddaughter
by Ruth Ann Dandrea
The Holy Dip
by Karen Davidson Seward
Dear house
by Linda Elovitz Marshall
Cumberland Head Straits
by Jennifer Giambruno Gordon
All That different?
by William Gilbert
dear casa blanca
by Judyann Grant
Dear brand-new home
by Mary Perrin Scott
Lake Letter
by Edward Pontacoloni
Dear mary
by Nicholas Quarrier
dear loon in the distance
by Terry Rainey
Dear pepper
by Erica Jean Schwabach
Love from afar
by Hannah T. Williams
Joseph Bruchac’s prompt It’s your turn to inhale some inspiration. It might be a balsam pillow, an old baseball cap, a box of candy—whatever you have handy that has a strong enough scent to stimulate that olfactory cortex in the temporal lobe of your brain. Breathe in and write on. 🌾 Creative Writing Responses
Salt Water
by Courtney Allen
Soaps of the sixties
by Karen Bjornland
The scent of patchouli
by Kimberly Bouchard
Breath of Life
by Ruth Dandrea
Eau de mom
by Karen Davidson Seward
Common Scents
by Kernan Davis
Lavender
by Kathy DeLong
OUR ANNUAL FAMILY FIGHT-OUT
by Judyann Grant
An Odiferous Story
by June Hannay Kozier
What the Girls will remember
by Phyllis S. Hillinger
pipe tobacco
by Betsy Kepes
76 Broad Street
by Paul Lamar
HEMLOCK, SANDALWOOD, SAGE
by Ron Lavalette
Mother
by Mary Perrin Scott
SOUTH BEACH OLFACTORY
by Edward Pontacoloni
A Fish out of water
by Weezie Prescott
Ash wednesday
by Terry Rainey
michigan
by Eleanor Sweeney
Trout smells
by Tom Van de Water
molasses cookies
by Susan Whiteman
Jon Sands’ prompt I’ve been thinking a lot about the poem “Crazy Bunch Barbecue at Jefferson Park” by Willie Perdomo, from his book Smoking Lovely. In the vein of that piece, I want you to write a piece that begins with one of your favorite memories from one of your favorite places, paying special attention to the five senses. Then at some point in the piece, there should be a dedication to a person who wasn’t physically there. 🌱 Creative Writing Responses
Magic of the evening
by Janet Burl
River of Blood
by Ruth Dandrea
The Souls of a Barn
by Linda Elovitz Marshall
Forsythia
by Lisa Meissner
Manitoulin Island, Ontario
by Rebecca Northrup
Mother’s Day
by Annette Pisano-Higley
Umlaut
by Terry Rainey
Chosen option
by Sparker
A Perfect Day
by Eleanor Sweeney
Sue Halpern’s prompt It’s nine years after you were the officiant at a wedding for a couple you did not think should be together. Write that story. 🕯 Creative Writing Responses
Satin and Lace
by Ruth Ann Dandrea
Nine Years Later
by Kathy DeLong
Nine Minutes
by Phil Gallos
The Bowling Widow
by Ed Pontacoloni
Kismet
by Weezie Prescott
The Voodoo Wedding
by Cindy Snow
Mahogany L. Browne’s prompt I love you but can’t see you right now. 🌹 Use this as your first or last line of the poem: include 3 metaphors, 3 similes supporting the metaphor & 2 instances of dialogue & one COVID19 fact Creative Writing Responses
Directional
by Ruth Ann Dandrea
To my sister 04/21/20
by Amaryllis Doyle
I love you Aunt Ellen
by Judyann Grant
Alone
by Annette Pisano-Higley
It’s too dark
by Edward Pontacoloni
Untitled
by Weezie Prescott
Bill McKibben’s prompt The first few flakes of snow in the air on an autumn day… Creative Writing Responses
A Haiku
by Nancie Battaglia
UNtitled
by Kimberley Bouchard
Untitled
by Janet S. Burl
Untitled
by Bobbie Carnwath
Untitled
by Ruth Ann Dandrea
A Certain Breed
by J Dan Francis
Untitled
by Lee Keet
First Snowflakes in Autumn-Early 70’s
by Gary Lee
UNtitled
by Annette Pisano-Higley
Untitled
by Leslie Sittner
Julia Alvarez’s prompt write one haiku every day in April in honor of National Poetry Month Creative Writing Responses
Eleven Haiku
by Ruth Ann Dandrea
Haiku
by Doug Deneen
April Haiku
by Susan Jefts
Haiku from home
by Mila Lonetto
Daily Haiku
by Leslie Sittner
Betsy Folwell’s prompt Salt in the sugar bowl? Short-sheeting your brother’s bed? What happens when an April Fool’s joke goes terribly wrong. Creative Writing Responses
Double Reverse
by Ruth Ann Dandrea
April fool
by Kathy DeLong
A Very Smelly April Fool’s Prank
by William Gilbert
April fools day…a long time ago
by James Howard
Take Salt, Take sugar
by Susan Jefts
Sole Survivor
by Rob Sprogell
Prompt: How to turn a spider into your ally Creative Writing Responses
Webbed
by Ruth Ann Dandrea
Delia and Heywood
by Betsy Folwell
Barking dogs and jumping spiders
by Judyann Grant
A Spider’s Love
by William Gilbert
Wolfy
by Jordan Magurk
The Life of a Dead Spider
by Beckie O’Neill
How to make a spider your ally
by M. A. Phillips
All Those Legs
by Leslie Sittner
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